Norma Shearer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress. Shearer was one of the most popular actresses in North America from the mid-1920s through the 1930s. Her early films cast her as the girl next door, but for most of the Pre-Code film era, beginning with the 1930 film The Divorcee, for which she won an Oscar for Best Actress, she played sexually liberated women in sophisticated contemporary comedies. Later she appeared in historical and period films. Unlike many of her MGM contemporaries, Shearer's fame declined steeply after retirement. By the time of her death in 1983, she was largely remembered at best for her "noble" roles in The Women, Marie Antoinette, and Romeo and Juliet. Shearer's legacy began to be re-evaluated in the 1990s with the publication of two biographies and the TCM (Turner Classic Movies) and VHS release of her films, many of them unseen since the implementation of the Production Code some sixty years before. Focus shifted to her pre-Code "divorcee" persona, and Shearer was rediscovered as "the exemplar of sophisticated [1930's] woman-hood... exploring love and sex with an honesty that would be considered frank by modern standards". Simultaneously, Shearer's ten-year collaboration with portrait photographer George Hurrell and her lasting contribution to fashion through the designs of Adrian were also recognized. Shearer is widely celebrated by some as one of cinema's feminist pioneers: "the first American film actress to make it chic and acceptable to be single and not a virgin on screen". In March 2008, two of her most famous pre-code films, The Divorcee and A Free Soul, were released on DVD. Description above from the Wikipedia article Norma Shearer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2019 · Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Various Roles (archive footage)
- 2007 · Girl 27 as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · Checking Out: Grand Hotel as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 · Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · The Kid Stays in the Picture as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1990 · You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1972 · Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- 1944 · Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
- 1942 · Her Cardboard Lover as Consuelo Croyden
- 1942 · We Were Dancing as Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
- 1940 · Escape as Countess Ruby von Treck
- 1940 · A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- 1940 · Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- 1940 · Hollywood: Style Center of the World as Self
- 1939 · The Women as Mary Haines
- 1939 · From the Ends of the Earth as Self
- 1939 · Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 as Norma Shearer
- 1939 · Idiot's Delight as Irene Fellara
- 1938 · Marie Antoinette as Marie Antoinette
- 1938 · Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
- 1938 · Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)
- 1937 · The Romance of Celluloid as Self (archive footage)
- 1936 · Romeo and Juliet as Juliet
- 1936 · Master Will Shakespeare as Juliet (uncredited)
- 1934 · The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Elizabeth Barrett
- 1934 · Riptide as Lady Mary Rexford
- 1933 · Going Hollywood as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
- 1933 · The Film Parade as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1932 · Strange Interlude as Nina Leeds
- 1932 · Smilin' Through as Kathleen / Moonyeen
- 1931 · The Christmas Party as Herself
- 1931 · Private Lives as Amanda Prynne
- 1931 · We're switching to Hollywood as Self
- 1931 · A Free Soul as Jan Ashe
- 1931 · The Stolen Jools as Owner of Stolen Jewels
- 1931 · Strangers May Kiss as Lisbeth Corbin
- 1930 · Let Us Be Gay as Kitty Brown
- 1930 · The Divorcee as Jerry
- 1929 · Their Own Desire as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
- 1929 · The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self / Juliet
- 1929 · The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Fay Cheyney
- 1929 · The Trial of Mary Dugan as Mary Elizabeth Dugan
- 1929 · A Man's Man as Norman Shearer (uncredited)
- 1928 · A Lady of Chance as Dolly Morgan
- 1928 · The Actress as Rose Trelawny
- 1928 · The Latest from Paris as Ann Dolan
- 1928 · The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Kathi
- 1927 · After Midnight as Mary Miller
- 1927 · The Demi-Bride as Criquette
- 1926 · Upstage as Dolly Haven
- 1926 · The Waning Sex as Nina Duane
- 1926 · The Devil's Circus as Mary
- 1925 · His Secretary as Ruth Lawrence
- 1925 · The Tower of Lies as Glory/Goldie
- 1925 · Pretty Ladies as Frances White
- 1925 · A Slave of Fashion as Katherine Emerson
- 1925 · 1925 Studio Tour as Self
- 1925 · The End of the World as Mary Ellen Hope
- 1925 · Waking Up the Town as Mary Ellen Hope
- 1925 · Lady of the Night as Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
- 1925 · Excuse Me as Marjorie Newton
- 1924 · He Who Gets Slapped as Consuelo
- 1924 · The Snob as Nancy Claxton
- 1924 · Married Flirts as Norma Shearer (uncredited)
- 1924 · Broken Barriers as Grace Durland
- 1924 · Empty Hands as Claire Endicott
- 1924 · Broadway After Dark as Rose Dulane
- 1924 · Blue Water as Lillian Denton
- 1924 · The Wolf Man as Elizabeth Gordon
- 1924 · The Trail of the Law as Jerry Vardon
- 1923 · Lucretia Lombard as Mimi Winship
- 1923 · The Wanters as Marjorie
- 1923 · Pleasure Mad as Elinor Benton
- 1923 · The Devil's Partner as Jeanne
- 1923 · Man and Wife as Dora Perkins
- 1923 · A Clouded Name as Marjorie Dare
- 1922 · The Taming of the Shrewd as Rose Del Mar
- 1922 · Channing of the Northwest as Jess Driscoll
- 1922 · The Bootleggers as Helen Barnes
- 1922 · The Man Who Paid as Jeanne Thornton
- 1920 · The Restless Sex as Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
- 1920 · The Stealers as Julie Martin
- 1920 · Torchy's Millions as (uncredited)
- 1920 · Way Down East as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
- 1920 · The Flapper as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
- 1919 · The Star Boarder as Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)
- Future · The End of the World as Mary Ellen Hope